DeGroot v. DeGroot’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 380th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Lane Bank Equipment Co. v. Smith Southern Equipment, Inc. · Schwartz v. Jefferson · Gainous v. Gainous · Stallworth v. Stallworth · In Re Garza
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may not amend, modify, alter, or change the division of property made or approved in the decree of divorce or annulment. An order to enforce the division is limited to an order to assist in the implementation of or to clarify the prior order and may not alter or change the substantive division of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. DeGroot v. DeGroot“procedures and limitations of a suit to enforce do not apply to existing property that was not divided in the divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“may not amend, modify, alter, or change the division of property made or approved in the decree of divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.